Corporate turnaround and recovery management in South Africa has received much
attention from both the Government and the private sector in recent years. The
failure of a significant number of firms has resulted in the ...

Globalisation is of great concern for manufacturing industries in developing
countries. The need to gain and keep a competitive advantage in local markets
is becoming a key issue experienced by most manufacturers in South ...

The South African Quick Service Restaurant Industry is a multi million Rand industry. Fast-food chains spend millions on branding, advertising, site location and other factors to obtain a competitive advantage and improve ...

Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) has been hailed as a necessity and as absolutely critical to the country’s development but it has also been scorned upon as apartheid in reverse. The complex socio-economic issues surrounding ...

The purpose of the current study was to identify the main determinants of store image
in the lower end of the supermarket environment in South Africa. The research
investigated whether a significant difference exists ...

The study aimed to assess the current status of the South African medical tourism industry
in relation to international standards and to evaluate the factors required for South Africa to
be competitive in the global ...

The production of electricity is not always aligned with the future demands of society and, unfortunately, it comes with drawbacks, especially in developing countries. Based on a review of the relevant literature, a ...

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Changes in the modern workplace due to globalisation, technology and
changes in workforce demographics have heightened interest in understanding
and motivating culturally diverse workforces. Several studies ...

The research seeks to address the decades old debate of why companies should
continue investments into marketing and what returns these investments have
achieved. Globally the role of marketing has been accepted to be ...

Developmental microfinance has been presented, especially during the
first five years of the twenty-first century, as an all encompassing and selfsustaining
miracle tool for lifting people out of poverty through ...

Widespread outbreaks of xenophobic violence within informal urban settlements is a
recent feature of South African Society that has troubled politicians and challenged
social analysts. While the number of “episodes” has ...

This research focuses on the development of an effective risk management
framework for an insurance company. The emerging regulations namely
Solvency II in Europe and Solvency Assessment and Management (SAM) in
South ...

Development Financial Institutions (DFIs) are established to promote and support national economic development. In so doing, they have to align themselves to the national policies such as the National Growth Path and ...

Marketing functions are under constant pressure to justify their contribution to the organisation. An inability in the past to account for their performance and contribution has resulted in marketing’s standing within the ...

Costing legislation basically means the process of determining the financial
implications of developing and implementing legislation. There is widespread
recognition of costing legislation as a budgeting and implementation ...

This study analyses the concept of mentoring as used in the South African Judiciary. Mentoring has been adopted by the South African judiciary in order to enhance the potential of acting Regional Magistrates to address ...

The research report aims to develop and illustrate the validation of a diagnostic tool that
will enable a manufacturing organisation to identify what new product introduction model
they are using when introducing products ...

While there is appreciation for the need to manage and improve reputations among
businesses in South Africa, the public sector has been left behind in terms of how to manage
their reputations. In fact, globally, very ...

South Africa has experienced changing times. It is a country that has undergone many political changes that involved various ethnic groups. Managing diversity brings benefits but requires skills and training. Organisations ...